{"id":6118,"date":"2025-10-23T16:04:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T16:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/?p=6118"},"modified":"2025-10-28T18:51:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T18:51:51","slug":"mfa-poets-perform-at-southern-festival-of-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/mfa-poets-perform-at-southern-festival-of-books\/","title":{"rendered":"MFA poets perform at Southern Festival of Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several students in the MFA Creative Writing program appeared on October 19th at the Southern Festival of Books. Poets Ayesha Asad, Kinsale Drake, Alexandra Green, Athena Nassar, Lana Reeves, and Kanchi Sharma read from their latest works, joining more than 175 regionally and nationally recognized authors at the festival.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6119\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6119\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6119 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/23160249\/Picture1-2-907x1024.png\" alt=\"MFA students read at the Southern Festival fo Books\" width=\"750\" height=\"847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/23160249\/Picture1-2-907x1024.png 907w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/23160249\/Picture1-2-266x300.png 266w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/23160249\/Picture1-2-768x867.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/23160249\/Picture1-2-1361x1536.png 1361w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/23160249\/Picture1-2-1815x2048.png 1815w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top row, left to right: Ayesha Asad, Alexandra Green, Kinsale Drake, Athena Nassar, Lana Reeves. Bottom row: Asad, Green, Reeves, and Kanchi Sharma. Photos by Tim Gollins.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This year\u2019s event was titled \u201cVanderbilt University Presents: The Southern Festival of Books, a program of Humanities Tennessee,\u201d marking a new chapter in the life of this storied public event and reflecting Vanderbilt\u2019s deepening investment in the cultural, civic and intellectual fabric of the region.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsonline.library.vanderbilt.edu\/2025\/10\/photos-vanderbilt-joins-nashville-community-in-celebrating-authors-and-readers-at-2025-southern-festival-of-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more about this year&#8217;s festival here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/news\/\">Click for more news.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several students in the MFA Creative Writing program appeared on October 19th at the Southern Festival of Books. Poets Ayesha Asad, Kinsale Drake, Alexandra Green, Athena Nassar, Lana Reeves, and Kanchi Sharma read from their latest works, joining more than 175 regionally and nationally recognized authors at the festival. 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